This is not something we usually see. Derwood area shut down here. Southbound is open. Northbound has emergency roadwork happening there. Starting to see delays on a couple of maps. Westbound lanes, ice hoyer avenue shut down. Eastbound taking twoway traffic. 66 at fairfax, we do have an issue on 66 eastbound. We have a new crash slowing things. Travel time for you in ten minutes. Evan on board a hospital chop never california is dead after an awe frl crash. Four people were killed. A patient, a nurse, a medic, and the pilot. The chopper was flying the critical patient to the hospital. It crashed in thick fog in bakersfield last night. When no one heard from the chopper a search team started looking. Bad weather made it hard to find the helicopter at further but they did eventually see the debris field. Now the investigation into what exactly happened is still going on now but the Chopper Company said something may have been wrong with the row tors and there was not much visibility. Back to you. Now to a developinging story. Weve learned what divers are looking for at a lake near san bernardino, california. Davers are looking for a computer hard drive thats missing from the home of the suspects. Thursday was the first day they searched lakelake secum. The search could last several days and they cant rule out neighborhood canvassing either. Right now a live look at the cam toll where we expect a shortterm spending bill to pass the house. Action needs to be taken to to keep the government running. Once passed lawmakers need to get right back to work on a lormterm deal. A major break in the murder of a young woman in spotsylvania county. Police now have 21yearold heather ciccones cell phone. She was found dead inside her car on sunday night. Deputies sacik cones cell phone contains critical messages and cell phone calls. Theyll make an arrest soon. A second man now in custody accused in the murder of a recent europe vertsz graduate. This man excuse me the man you previously saw, matthew slon ski was hit by a stray bullet. Andre dudley was arrested yes. Hes charged with seconddegree murder. Police named him within days after the shooting and marcus king was also charged. There are no new clues in the disappearance of relisha rudd. Relisha was 8 years old when she disappeared in march 2014. Kahlil tatum, the man she was seen with lavgts committed suicide weeks later. A somber procession after a Young Police Officers death. A lot of yu have been sharing your condolences on the nbc washington page. He died yesterday, less than a week after a drunk driver hit him on rockville pike. Actions that they hope will keep other drunk drivers off of the road. News4s Megan Mcgrath has this part of the coverage. Megan . Reporter good morning, erika. Over my shoulder you see the cruiser of officer liotta. It certains as a painful reminder. Drivers have lots of options. You dont have to get behind the wheel if youve had too much to eat. One of those options is to be my designated Driver Program that gets under way later today. Take a look at how it works. First of all you can download the app on your phone. Its bemydd app. Theyll pick you up at your low kachlgts theyll drive you in your car back to your house. The fee is anywhere from 14 to 19. 50 an hour depending on where you live and theres also a 25 pickup fee if you just want someone to come and pick up your car. You can pay 25 and have that happen. There are Liquor Stores throughout Montgomery County who are going to be giving 20 coupons to pay for that service. Officer liotta died from those injuries he sustained chen hit by a drunk driver last week. Liotta had volunteered to be part of the holiday driving task force. He was hit when making a stop. Police believe the driver of the suv had been drinking and this was not his first brush with the law. He was killed by a man who had been arrested twice before for drunk driving. Reporter and that was a very angry police chief manger that you just heard, very upset about what has happened in this situation with his officer but also very concerned about the larger issue of drunk driving, especially during the holiday season. Lots of folks are going to be attending parties, going out, entertaining that often involved alcohol. Police want to make sure people dont make bad decisions, that you dont get behind the wheel if you had too much to drink. This bemydecembe my designated Program Begins today and runs through january 1st. Some county citizens were upset about relow indicating a mosque. It turned hostile. One man actually repeatedly interrupted the presentation. Theyll lead tonights meeting. It starts at 7 00 in the auditorium at riverbend high school. A shanchup today in prince georges county. The police chief tells us mark ma gall will retire. Many gau may instead serve as head of Public Safety for the county. New rules for the roads in d. C. Fines are going up. Were talk 3g 00 tickets going up to 1,000 bucks. Forget the boots kchl you break out the flipflops for this mornings commute . If these temperatures aren o the screen are any indication, the answer may be yes. And uber is taking aim at riders in d. C. The new guidelines they want you this holiday, ford americas bestselling brand is giving you more. The ford holiday sales event. With 0 financing for 60 months on 2015 f150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Its the best gift ever. Now during the ford holiday sales event get 0 financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on select vehicles. See your local ford dealer. All right people not happy about this. Starting today youre going have to pay a lot more if youre driving in d. C. Very dot is adding and increasing fines. There are eight violations you get a ticket for like failing to yield to a bus or not slowing down as you pass police at a crash. Those both cost 500 now. Other fines are going up by hundreds as well. For example, youll have to pay 1,000 instead of 3,000 if you drive 20 miles an hour faster than the speed limit. Time for your weather traffic on the 1s. How much the weather is going to impact your drive to work. Probably not a lot this morning. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. Chuck . A little warmer outside this morning. Yes, indeed. Temperatures are in 30s and 40s. 37 in gaithersburg, 45 at national airport, what to wear today. You wont need the heavy parka at all. No more than your sweater and sunglasses. Thats the only big delay from a weather perspective is on the ride home with your commute. Outside a little fog, mainly on river crossings and by the bay. There may be sunshine delays coming home. Its friday, which means the weekend is just one day away. Your weekend forecast. Thats in ten minutes. Heres Melissa Mollet with your slowdowns on a friday. We have a brandnew situation that the chopper got over. This is at New Hampshire at oakville drive in silver spring. Im seeing this for the first time. Report of a pedestrian struck here. Trying to get more information on that. Just seeing that. Taking a look at other issues, 295 north of pennsylvania, still have that left side block and the backups building here this morning. As far as travel times, no problem here in maryland. Looking quite good. Same thing on 66 and 95 rolling along nicely. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 f. M. Thank you. Bul bullies bull bulying muslims. Well give you a glimpse of chopper 4 going up. Well have the latest from the live desk when we return. Discover unexpected treasures, for the people who least expect it. Find thoughtful gifts at amazing prices everyday at t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods. The head of the serbian arms gun company says it matched to an american arms dealer. Its not clear how the gun got back to europe. And as the paris terrorist attack still echos across europe, Geneva Switzerland is now raising its security alert level as police hunt for four suspects allegedly connected to isis. They believe the group was plotting a specific attack in the city. State prosecutors were investigating based on a tip from the cia. He feels quite marginalized and, in fact, some of the kids in the school are named him as isis. Mothers like that are saying their kids are victims of haters. Police were there to hear concerns from local muslims. An american delegate plans to file a bill that promotes it. The bill would require marylands tax unit to work with the department of Homeland Security to work with those suspected with ties. He represents frederick and carroll counties and he suggested that baltimores organization is one of several that promotes the spread of jihad. To the latest now on the race to the white house. Trump was there to gladly accept the support and offer a look into what he says would be one of his first actions as commander in chief. Trump told the crowd that he would sign an executive order requiring the Death Penalty for anyone convicted of killing a Police Officer. But as his popularity continues to grow among republican voter on the proposed ban of muslims entering the u. S trump is losing major plun around the world. A 6 million golf company is removing his name from that project. Hes also lost some major developments in scotland worth close to 300 million. Today we expect to hear from a family of a chicago teen killed by a accomplish. It will be the familys first public address. You may remember the dash cam video that shows the officer firing at 17yearold laquan mcdonald. As many as 16 times. Officer Jason Van Dyke faces murder charges in the october 2014 killing. Happening today, about 120 virginia leaders will gather to push for more School Funding at the state level. Since 2009 state funding has gone down by about 1 billion. School funding for each individual student has gone from close to 4,300 to just over 3,600 in 2015. Prince georges countys school chief wants more money. Last year his budget led to a bitter dispute and this year hes asking for more. He asked for almost 2 billion during his school address. Maxwell wants smaller class sizes for kindergarten through second grade. He also wanted to expand sfeshlized programs and raise teacher salaries. Weve got some advice to take the stress out of gift giving this month. I talked to come on. I talked to kiplinger personal finance. If youve got a lot of people to buy for trim the list by having a potluck or gift list. We do the Gift Exchange in our family because its huge. This is where it gets awkward when somebody gives you something and you didnt give it to them. Okay. If you want to give back, then its fine to wait until the new year and invite them over for dinner, something that doesnt feel forced. Did that ever happen to you where somebody bought you a gift and you didnt get them one . We shouldnt talk than. We learn the best ways to give to a boss and how ma make giving money okay. You can watch our full story with all the tips on the nbc washington app. I give gifts for the kids in my family and thats it. Thats it. I watch People Stress about ive about got this list and it just gets nuts out there. I dont deal with any of it. We had a conversation last night with my husbands family and we said for the kids were going to do it but for everybody else, go to dinner, have a nice time, thats it. In other words, chuck, dont expect anything. But im the easiest person in the world to give cash to. If youre having a hart time giving cash to somebody, practice on me first. Youre going to want to pay for this forecast. Its stellar stuff coming our way. Another a great thing coming up this weekend. Tomorrow night right here on nbc 4, storm team 4, tracking winter. Thats at 7 30 tomorrow night. Thats on nbc 4. All the latest information on getting you through the winter, preparing you for the winter, more importantly the winter outlook and how much snow we may get this weekend this winter. No snow this weekend. That was a misspeak on my part. 32 in cull pep e 37 in stafford and fredericksburg. Any weekend weather worries. Are we going to be walking, flying or driving. No. Its going to be nice all weekend. As far as rain chances, next to nothing through the weekend. Rain chances do come back. The best chance will be coming up on monday. Record highs also a possibility. Im frafgt 66 today here in washington. The record is 68. Tomorrow and sundays record is at 71. Dulles and bwi at 60s to right around 70. Well be flirting with records all weekend long. 37 now. 43 at 7 00. 51 by 9 00. Afternoon temperatures today well up into the 60s. It will be a good one. What about the weekend . I think tomorrow is probably the pick of the litter. Sunshine and 69 degrees. Sunday clouds will be increasing. I think well be staying dry though. Again, the next best chance of rain is on monday. Well take a closer look at today hour by hour and your hometown highs. That is at 6 31. Breaking news now in Montgomery County. Right now chopper 4 is over the scene of a pedestrian accident in silver spring. This is New Hampshire and oak view drive. Were trying to find out more exactly what happened. We do know again one person walking was hit by some sort of vehicle. You can see lots of head long island headlights there. Slow go. Melissa is looking at this and will tell you how to get around this area. Melissa . At this point this morning right now we have breaking news in silver spring. Were still open right now and the backups are about one mile. Its not terrible. If it clears out soon, it will be oklahoma for your morning commute. Again, lanes are open. We have one right side blocked right now this morning. D. C. 295 northbound after pennsylvania avenue, we have that left side blocked because of the late clearing roadwork. Thats slowing things quite a bit. Brandnew problem on 66 inbound at lee highway. We have a new crash there as well that was just reported. Also have this problem in derwood closed between the icc. Somebody just tweeted me asking me about buses. If your bus goes that way, you could have a little bit of delay. As far as travel times, were looking good. Back in a couple of minutes. Melissa, thank you. Its 6 24. New this morning a guilty verdict for a former Police Officer. 29yearold Daniel Holtzclaw could face up to 269 years behind bars. A jury found him guilty of 18 charges. They stem from sex assaults. They convicted holtz claw of both rape and sexual battery. Weve got to an alert for parent about this former middle school teacher. You shay have heard about tommy stantzel. He taught at Benton Middle School from 2013 to 2014. He sent explicit pictures of himself to a young girl through the summer of 2014. A major scare at Arkansas State university after an armed man drove onto campus there. Police say 47yearold brad bartelt posted on social media he was homicidal as well as suicidal. He had 12 gallons of gasoline and propane. The campus sounded the alarm to lock the students down. They were able to tame him in custody before any shots were fired. If you plan to pick up any leafs, check the brand of your leaf blower. Craftsman has recalled two brands. Sold at ace hardware, Orchard Hardware or sears, you can return it for a full refunnel. Weve got details of all. You may have to follow a few more rules if you take a ride with uber. They want riders to follow these rules. Keep your phone use to a minimum and dont argue with anybody while youre on the phone. Dont group ride if youre coming from the gym without changing clothes after a workout. I think thats fair and dont be tempted to unwrap whatever smelly takeout food you have. Save it till you get home because youre sharing with strangers. I feel weird about that when i get on a plane. About unwrapping food . Yeah. Ill eat a sandwich or salad. Close quarters. Think about other people. Pay raises, theyre coming for some workers in virginia and well tell you who exactly. A live look outside. Chuck bell has your four things to look for including what he says will be the perfect one to take off. History or hatred. The critical vote that could change the future of foo breaking news on in silver spring. Northbound is where youre seeing most of the problem right now. We had two lanes getting by. One lane northbound is getting blocked. One lane southbound. We have about a onemime backup in the northbound lane. Southbound looking good right now. 66 right here. We have that crash not slowing things too much. Still wanted to mention that one in indicate youre headed outsometime soon. You have the right shoulder blocked with the crash. Again, not impacting things that much but we do have a crew out there on the scene. Northbound closed between the icc and buoy mill. If you your bus is headed this way, theyre going to have to take another way around. Well have travel times in ten minutes. Chuck . Thank you, melissa. Outside this morning four things you need to know about the weather. Indeed. A lot. The sunshine will be out. Perfect day to take off. I dont ever recommend kids c e calling out sick to school. Our adults, you may want to get out early. Well be close to high record temperatures. The weather and your plan. Shopping, no need to bundle up. Travel, dry roads and clear skies. Exercising, back to shorts, everybody. Temperatures in the 30s and 40s and your hometown highs will be up into the mid60s right around the national mall. What to wear. That part of the forecast and a look into the weekend that should be in a few minutes from now. Right now police in alexandria are looking for an assault suspect. This happened overnight around midnight in the 3900 block of mt. Vernon avenue. Again, in the city of alexandria. We know that the person who was attacked was taken to the hospital. We dont know exactly how badly they were hurt. Police did an immediate search of this area for this assault suspect but so far have not found anyone, aaron. Back to you. All right. Kristin. Thank you. 6 32. New details in the case of a missing woman. Spotsylvania county deputy say theyre learning more about kaitlyn akins case. Freelance star says her stepfather dropped her off at a mall. She was supposed to board a train. Instead her luggage was found ina drainage ditch. Two are charged with seconddegree murder. Police say the shooting happened after a pursuit. Jeremy mar it is was wounded. Greenh